Collapsible or pinless clothesline



July 3U, i929. J, A, SHOCK 1,722,635

COLLAPSIBLE OR PINLSS CLOTHESLINE Fild Sept. 5, 1928 Patented July 30,1929.

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JOHN .A, ,SI-100K, QE TRAMMEL, VIRGINIA,

Asistenciaor oNnLTHm-n ToV AUBURNW COMPTON AN D 0l\1'".L-'1-THIRI) T0CHARLES AuGOWDEN, BOTH OF5 TRAMMEL, VIRGINIA.

COLLAPSIBLE OR PINLESS CLOTHESLINE.

Application led September 5, 1928.

This invention relates to the class of clothes lines and pertainsparticularly to a clothes line designed to be used without pins or otherfastening elements to hold articles of clothing thereon.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a clothes line sodesigned that articles of clothing will be securely held withoutfasteners and in addition to this of such character that an increase inweight applied to the line will cause the articles carried thereby to bemore tightly gripped.

Another object of the invention is to provide a clothes line formed of aseries of metal links each of simple construction and so designed thatan article of clothing may be firmly gripped thereby and held by theflexing of one portion thereof as a result of the weight applied theretoagainst another portion, the article of clothing being arranged betweenthe said portions.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of thefollowing detailed description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing forming part of this specification, with the understanding,however, that the invention is not confined to any strict conformitywith the showing of the drawing but may be changed or modified so longas such changes or modifications mark no material departure from thesalient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

In the drawing Figure l is an elevation of a portion of a clothes lineconstructed in accordance with my invent-ion; i

Figure 2 is an enlarged plan View of one of the sections.

Referring to the drawing in detail there is shown a line of thecharacter embodying the present invention, the same being indie catedgenerally by the numeral l.

As shown, this line is made up of a series of link bodies, eachindicated generally by the numeral 2, each of these bodies comprising arelatively long shank portion 3 coiled intermediate its ends to providethe loop or eye 4. At one end the shank 3 is turned back upon itself toform the hook 5 while thelothe'r end is looped to form the end eve 6,this end eye being arranged vertically while the hoek Serial No.304,032.

5 at the opposite end is normally arranged in horizontal position.

The material of the link is continued from the loop G forming therelatively large and normally depending loop 7 which terminates at oneside in the laterally directed shank 8 normally extending longitudinallyand in close proximity to the under side of the shank 3 between theloops 4 and 6, terminating in the hook 9 which engages through the loop4 forming the intermediate ends of the shank 3.

When the line embodying the present' invention is in use, an article orarticles to be suspended therefrom has a portion thereof extendedthrough the large depending loop 7 of a link and this portion is thenmoved longitudinally of the link to force it between the upper and lowerShanks 3 and 8 respectively. The proximity of the upper and lower shanks3 and 8 is such that the thinnest of articles may be securely held,however, when weight is placed upon a link the pull down thereon will beexerted chiefly upon the loop 4, thus causing the upper shank to benddownwardly intermediate its ends and bind the material. tightly againstthe underlying shank 8. From this it will be readily seen that theapplication of articles to the line will act to cause the links to moretightly grip the same.

It will be appreciated from the foregoing that aline constructed inaccordance with the present invention may be inexpensively manufacturedand used with minimum of trouble as fastening elements such as the usualclothes pins are unnecessary.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is z- 1.` A clothes lineof the character described.l consist-ing of a series of links eachcomprising a relatively long shank having one en d formed to provide arelatively large loop projecting outwardly therefrom ad- `iacent one endthereof, one end of said loop heilig' extended to provide a second shanklying substantially parallel with the firstmentioned shank on the sameside thereof as the loop and connected thereto intermediate the endsthereof. I

2. A clothes line of the character described, consisting et r.. serieset loeeely c'rinee'tecl links each comprising a relatively long shanklooped intermediate its ends to form an eye, one end of said shank beingformed to provide an eye and extended outwardly therefrom to set up arelatively large loop, `said large loop having the side opposite theattached eye extended to forina short shank lying adjacent theeentralportion of and in close proximity to the first-mentioned shank on thesame side thereof as the loop and hav- 10 ing hook connection at its endin the firstmentioned "eye,

In testimony whereof I hereunto aix my signature.

'.JIOHN A. snooK.

